Patents by Inventor Malcolm S. Metcalfe

Malcolm S. Metcalfe has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11749992
    Abstract: A distribution feeder of an electricity grid comprises a substation and a plurality of nodes with at least one controllable reactive power resource. A method is provided for locally controlling delivery of electrical power along the distribution feeder, wherein for a feeder segment in the distribution feeder the method comprises: obtaining an actual voltage magnitude at an upstream node and at a downstream node of the feeder segment, and a real power value at the upstream node; setting a target voltage phasor at the downstream node as a value when a power flow across the feeder segment is maintained, and when equal reactive power is injected at the upstream and downstream nodes that consumes all the reactive power in the feeder segment; and adjusting operation of the at least one controllable reactive power resource so that the actual voltage magnitude at the downstream node moves towards a target voltage magnitude of the target voltage phasor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Power Management Holdings (U.S.), Inc.
    Inventors: Malcolm S. Metcalfe, Severin Nowak
  • Publication number: 20220190600
    Abstract: A distribution feeder of an electricity grid comprises a substation and a plurality of nodes with at least one controllable reactive power resource. A method is provided for locally controlling delivery of electrical power along the distribution feeder, wherein for a feeder segment in the distribution feeder the method comprises: obtaining an actual voltage magnitude at an upstream node and at a downstream node of the feeder segment, and a real power value at the upstream node; setting a target voltage phasor at the downstream node as a value when a power flow across the feeder segment is maintained, and when equal reactive power is injected at the upstream and downstream nodes that consumes all the reactive power in the feeder segment; and adjusting operation of the at least one controllable reactive power resource so that the actual voltage magnitude at the downstream node moves towards a target voltage magnitude of the target voltage phasor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2021
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Applicant: Power Management Holdings (U.S.), Inc.
    Inventors: Malcolm S. Metcalfe, Severin Nowak
  • Patent number: 11211796
    Abstract: A method and system for locally controlling delivery of electrical power along a distribution feeder. For a feeder segment in the distribution feeder the method includes: obtaining an actual voltage magnitude at an upstream node and at a downstream node of the feeder segment, and a real power value at the upstream node; setting a target voltage phasor at the downstream node as a value when a power flow across the feeder segment is maintained, and when equal reactive power is injected at the upstream and downstream nodes that consumes all the reactive power in the feeder segment; and adjusting operation of the at least one controllable reactive power resource so that the actual voltage magnitude at the downstream node moves towards a target voltage magnitude of the target voltage phasor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: Power Management Holdings (U.S.), Inc.
    Inventors: Malcolm S. Metcalfe, Severin Nowak
  • Publication number: 20210083477
    Abstract: A method and system for locally controlling delivery of electrical power along a distribution feeder. For a feeder segment in the distribution feeder the method includes: obtaining an actual voltage magnitude at an upstream node and at a downstream node of the feeder segment, and a real power value at the upstream node; setting a target voltage phasor at the downstream node as a value when a power flow across the feeder segment is maintained, and when equal reactive power is injected at the upstream and downstream nodes that consumes all the reactive power in the feeder segment; and adjusting operation of the at least one controllable reactive power resource so that the actual voltage magnitude at the downstream node moves towards a target voltage magnitude of the target voltage phasor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2018
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Applicant: Enbala Power Networks Inc.
    Inventors: Malcolm S. Metcalfe, Severin Nowak